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Sign up for the magical ficathon tour...
Sep. 8th, 2013 09:09 amI decided to Doctor Who remix ficathon; it'll be a good way to get back to the Whovian mind set in time for the anniversary, and Remix being what it is, I don't have to be afraid to land on a request I can't handle. (Since how you remix a story is up to you; i.e. even if I should get assigned an author who, say, is a hardcore Doctor/Rose or Jack/Ianto shipper, which I'm not, I could write a story about what was going on with Gwen, Tosh and Owen while Jack and Ianto were busy angsting and frolicking, or how bystander X reacted to whatever the Doctor and Rose did in the story in question. I still haven't seen nearly enough of Two and Four to feel like I could have a grasp on the relevant characters, so I excepted those eras.
Regarding Yuletide, of course I will sign up, but I'm a bit flummoxed as to which fandoms to request, and which to offer to write, especially given the new rules. Breaking Bad seems to be still applicable, which is good since I want Team Purple fanfiction - i.e. stories with Marie and/or Hank Schrader in the main roles -, Orphan Blackk ditto, but I'm pretty sure other people will request that and ask for stories that aren't all Cosima/Delphine (nothing against Cosima/Delphine, but that's the Jack/Ianto of tiny tiny Orphan Black fanfiction right now, and there are so many aspects of the show that interest me more!). But most of my other current fandom preoccupations are too big to qualify for Yuletide. Hm. I do have a hankering for some historical RPF about Sir William Hamilton and Emma that I could try to sneak in (yes, yes, Susan Sontag did it, but hers is just one version); I'm not actually that interested in Nelson, but those years where Emma goes from discarded mistress of nephew who tries to palm her off to his uncle to breaking the class barriers in when Sir William marries her after having lived with her for several years already; the way she made herself the 18th century version of a European star (what were her "atttidudes", if not performance art?) and William, very clear on her past, very aware of what everyone was thinking and by no means a progressive (other than in natural sciences and in his passion for the budding field of archaelogy, where he was one of the early experts who made the most of having the rediscovered Pompeji next door), went from doing the traditional Georgian aristocrat thing in "keeping" her as a mistress to deciding to marry her, which was exactly the opposite of convention. (He never was less than supportive of her when Nelson arrived on the scene, too, which got him even more public ridicule. There is a great letter where he chastises Nelson, who apparantly had thrown a jealous fit at the thought of Emma meeting the Prince Regent, not to be silly and upset her.)
Other Historical RPF possibilities: Katherine Swynford, recently brought to mind; James Boswell, whom I've requested before; Agrippina the Younger, since I lucked out last year and got Terentia and Clodia as a treat.
Writing: again, Breaking Bad and Orphan Black, I'd be up for. My default options for writing were always Greek and Roman mythology, which is going to be split this year, but I could volunteer for indvidual myths once I see which is nominated. Ditto for individual fairy tales. And maybe I'm lucky and someone will nominate a classic movie again I'm also keen on, like last year (though minus the bit of confusion once the "dear Yuletide writer" letter got posted).
Regarding Yuletide, of course I will sign up, but I'm a bit flummoxed as to which fandoms to request, and which to offer to write, especially given the new rules. Breaking Bad seems to be still applicable, which is good since I want Team Purple fanfiction - i.e. stories with Marie and/or Hank Schrader in the main roles -, Orphan Blackk ditto, but I'm pretty sure other people will request that and ask for stories that aren't all Cosima/Delphine (nothing against Cosima/Delphine, but that's the Jack/Ianto of tiny tiny Orphan Black fanfiction right now, and there are so many aspects of the show that interest me more!). But most of my other current fandom preoccupations are too big to qualify for Yuletide. Hm. I do have a hankering for some historical RPF about Sir William Hamilton and Emma that I could try to sneak in (yes, yes, Susan Sontag did it, but hers is just one version); I'm not actually that interested in Nelson, but those years where Emma goes from discarded mistress of nephew who tries to palm her off to his uncle to breaking the class barriers in when Sir William marries her after having lived with her for several years already; the way she made herself the 18th century version of a European star (what were her "atttidudes", if not performance art?) and William, very clear on her past, very aware of what everyone was thinking and by no means a progressive (other than in natural sciences and in his passion for the budding field of archaelogy, where he was one of the early experts who made the most of having the rediscovered Pompeji next door), went from doing the traditional Georgian aristocrat thing in "keeping" her as a mistress to deciding to marry her, which was exactly the opposite of convention. (He never was less than supportive of her when Nelson arrived on the scene, too, which got him even more public ridicule. There is a great letter where he chastises Nelson, who apparantly had thrown a jealous fit at the thought of Emma meeting the Prince Regent, not to be silly and upset her.)
Other Historical RPF possibilities: Katherine Swynford, recently brought to mind; James Boswell, whom I've requested before; Agrippina the Younger, since I lucked out last year and got Terentia and Clodia as a treat.
Writing: again, Breaking Bad and Orphan Black, I'd be up for. My default options for writing were always Greek and Roman mythology, which is going to be split this year, but I could volunteer for indvidual myths once I see which is nominated. Ditto for individual fairy tales. And maybe I'm lucky and someone will nominate a classic movie again I'm also keen on, like last year (though minus the bit of confusion once the "dear Yuletide writer" letter got posted).
